The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.
Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.
The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're doing.
The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.
The jester is brother to the sage.
